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report and fired steven miller. that was adecisive step and the president rejected calls for a special counsel. on benghazi, they finally released e-mails after republicans did some political maneuvering to put out stories on the benghazi attack. and ap phone roecords case, the did lay out their rationale and support a shield law. >> what does this do to the second-term agenda? are we starting to work their way to washington? >> it potentially could interfere with his agenda, but, remember, republicans themselves have powerful incentives to cooperate with him on some issues like immigration, they need that to broaden their party base and on the budget deficit, the debt dealing that's potentially going to ripen later in the year, both sides have to get something done. they have reason to work together. >> there is caution, even though there is red meat. there is caution from former speaker newt gingrich about tempering expectations here and being more conservative in the way they are going after these things. >> no q
report and fired steven miller. that was adecisive step and the president rejected calls for a special counsel. on benghazi, they finally released e-mails after republicans did some political maneuvering to put out stories on the benghazi attack. and ap phone roecords case, the did lay out their rationale and support a shield law. >> what does this do to the second-term agenda? are we starting to work their way to washington? >> it potentially could interfere with his agenda, but,...
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and steven miller for this whole situation. and which i think we have a lot of things otherwise that in the economy to cover. it's too much coverage on this. they need to let those people do their job and figuring out who needs to get what like any other government department. and move on to things like people that are losing their coverage and whatever else that's going on in the world. that's my comment for today. guest: i think you'll be hearing a lot of that from the white house. that they're trying to pay attention to the people's business. and that relates both to the i.r.s. and the benghazi flap. the white house is eager to get past these situations and i think you'll be hearing president obama talk about that quite a bit. >> host: who was it that brought some of these relationships past, let's say before watergate, that brought this to light? was it a -- an inspector general or somebody else? guest: the old historians, i think the best one in terms of i.r.s. alleged abuses is david binham, an investigative reporter and
and steven miller for this whole situation. and which i think we have a lot of things otherwise that in the economy to cover. it's too much coverage on this. they need to let those people do their job and figuring out who needs to get what like any other government department. and move on to things like people that are losing their coverage and whatever else that's going on in the world. that's my comment for today. guest: i think you'll be hearing a lot of that from the white house. that...
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danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> steven miller the former acting irs commissioner still scheduled to testify at a congressional hearing tomorrow. >>> new details on a deadly triple stabbing in santa clara county. neighbors say a man who stabbed his niece, nephew and his own mother has had a troubled past. kpix 5's anne makovec on how they are remembering the victims. >> everybody knows he is not really stable, that he has some mental issues. >> reporter: that's what neighbors say about ruben ramirez, who was named a person of interest almost immediately in the stabbing of a 48-year- old woman and her two grandchildren. neighbors say the victims were ramirez's mother, his 1-year- old nephew and his niece. only the 3-year-old niece survived. >> i heard screaming, crying, yelling, and i ran out to the front to see what was going on. >> reporter: this neighbor, who doesn't want to be identified, called 911. >> as i was calling them, another neighbor had already gone inside the house and had noticed the bodies were on the ground and telling me, you know, what had happen that
danielle nottingham, cbs news, the white house. >> steven miller the former acting irs commissioner still scheduled to testify at a congressional hearing tomorrow. >>> new details on a deadly triple stabbing in santa clara county. neighbors say a man who stabbed his niece, nephew and his own mother has had a troubled past. kpix 5's anne makovec on how they are remembering the victims. >> everybody knows he is not really stable, that he has some mental issues. >>...
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you just got the letter that the treasury secretary wrote to steven miller, clearly this administration trying to show they are angry about this scandal. what else does the letter say? >> erin, i mean, this is a letter you don't see released very often in washington and to the public. i'll show it to you right here, this is it. this say letter from the treasury secretary jack lu to acting irs commissioner stephen miller and it says "while i very much appreciate your many years of loyal service at the irs, i find it necessary at this time to request your resignation." short and to the point. and another sign that the president is starting to get serious about this scandal. with a growing chorus of criticism that president only offered a weak response to political targeting at the irs, mr. obama seized the moment to get tough. >> today secretary lu took the first step by requesting and cepting the resignation of the acting commissioner of the irs because given the controversy surrounding this audit, it's important to institute new leadership. >> at a hearing on the widening scandal, eric
you just got the letter that the treasury secretary wrote to steven miller, clearly this administration trying to show they are angry about this scandal. what else does the letter say? >> erin, i mean, this is a letter you don't see released very often in washington and to the public. i'll show it to you right here, this is it. this say letter from the treasury secretary jack lu to acting irs commissioner stephen miller and it says "while i very much appreciate your many years of...
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. >> all right. [ applause ] >> reporter: steven miller apologized for the irs's conduct and insisted agents who gave tougher treatment to tea party groups applying for tax- exempt status did not act out of political bias. >> i think that what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload selection. >> reporter: lawmakers on the house ways and means committee wanted to know why miller was not up front with them after he found out about it. >> why did you mislead congress and the american people on this? >> mr. chairman, i did not mislead congress nor the american people. >> reporter: some republicans on the committee tried to link the conduct at the irs to the white house. democrats pushed back. >> it is important that in addressing and fully correcting one wrong, we not complete and be involved in other wrongs. >> reporter: the inspector- general who dug into the problems at the irs went over his findings with the committee. >> was the irs using an appropriate criteria in its review of organizations applying for tax-exempt s
. >> all right. [ applause ] >> reporter: steven miller apologized for the irs's conduct and insisted agents who gave tougher treatment to tea party groups applying for tax- exempt status did not act out of political bias. >> i think that what happened here was that foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload selection. >> reporter: lawmakers on the house ways and means committee wanted to know why miller was not up front with them...
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now a guy running the irs what he said he knew, steven miller. >> i'm hearing, i don't know, i don't remember, i don't recall. >> i don't know. could have been either. >> i don't have that information. >> don't know that. i don't know that it was -- i'm sorry, sir. i'm not going to be able to answer with particularity there. i don't have names for you, mr. brady. i don't know if we knew at that time or not. i did not know the topic. actually, i do not know that. would have to look back at my notes on that. >> you've got notes on that? >> i'd have to try to find them. >> why did you say you had notes if you don't think you had notes? >> sir, please. >> i don't. >> please. >> please. do you have notes or don't you have notes? >> i don't know. can i rephrase it? >> no. >> i don't know. i don't believe so no. i don't know that sir. i don't know -- i don't think so. and i say that as though, i don't know. i was not aware of that, sir. >> wow. that is amazing. richard, you've written about government and the challenge we face from within this new book. watching that testimony, how is that
now a guy running the irs what he said he knew, steven miller. >> i'm hearing, i don't know, i don't remember, i don't recall. >> i don't know. could have been either. >> i don't have that information. >> don't know that. i don't know that it was -- i'm sorry, sir. i'm not going to be able to answer with particularity there. i don't have names for you, mr. brady. i don't know if we knew at that time or not. i did not know the topic. actually, i do not know that. would...
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commissioner steven miller in light of the i.r.s.'s admission that it targeted conservative groups for inappropriate scrutiny. while i was willing to give mr. miller and other i.r.s. officials the benefit of the doubt until the facts were in, the treasury inspector general report released on tuesday has erased any doubts as to the severity of the misconduct and blatant incompetence in dealing with it at the highest levels of the i.r.s. i'm pleased that president obama chose to heed the call that i made and others as well by dismissing mr. miller last nig night. this is a necessary step but only a first step toward restoring the credibility and the integrity of the i.r.s. this scandal is much larger than any one official within the i.r.s. any government official who knew about the misconduct within the i.r.s. and decided not to make this information public should be held accountable. no american taxpayer should ever have to worry that a group they belong to or a view that they espouse will subject them to less favorable tax treatment b
commissioner steven miller in light of the i.r.s.'s admission that it targeted conservative groups for inappropriate scrutiny. while i was willing to give mr. miller and other i.r.s. officials the benefit of the doubt until the facts were in, the treasury inspector general report released on tuesday has erased any doubts as to the severity of the misconduct and blatant incompetence in dealing with it at the highest levels of the i.r.s. i'm pleased that president obama chose to heed the call...
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and getting misinformation back, the report was that the acting commissioner, steven miller, learned about this in may of 2012 and in responding to members of the house, members of the senate, and a committee in the house, re-- failed to answer the question with information he had. if that's true, if he was aware of the conservative groups were being targeted and was asked about that and gave incorrect information, he should step aside or be removed and this is something that we shouldn't tolerate. the administration shouldn't tolerate it and the american people wouldn't want us to tolerate it. >> last wednesday in the appropriations subcommittee that has the responsibility for the the -- [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> you can see all of this in our overnight schedule on c-span or at c-span.org. the shouse coming back in now for votes. 1580 and senate concurrent resolution 10. the first electronic vote will be conducted as a 15-minute vote and remaining votes will be five minutes. 9 vote on the motio
and getting misinformation back, the report was that the acting commissioner, steven miller, learned about this in may of 2012 and in responding to members of the house, members of the senate, and a committee in the house, re-- failed to answer the question with information he had. if that's true, if he was aware of the conservative groups were being targeted and was asked about that and gave incorrect information, he should step aside or be removed and this is something that we shouldn't...
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acting commissioner steven miller in response to the news that i.r.s. officials targeted certain conservative groups. we'll have live coverage of the news conference from the white house on c-span3. yerl this morning michelle bachmann, who chairs the tea party caucus in the house, and other republican members and representatives of tea party groups across the country held a news conference on capitol hill to discuss the i.r.s. targeting. ere it is. >> thank you, everyone, for being here. my name is michelle bachmann, i'm a member of congress from minnesota's sixth congressional district. i'm also the chairman of the tea party caucus in the house of representatives and a former federal tax litigation attorney for the i.r.s., as well as the author of the bill to repeal obamacare. this is a momentous day. one week ago today we held a hearing in the house of representatives on benghazi. questions were asked one week ago today. where decisions made about rescuing americans in benghazi based upon political consideration. one week ago tomorrow we found out dev
acting commissioner steven miller in response to the news that i.r.s. officials targeted certain conservative groups. we'll have live coverage of the news conference from the white house on c-span3. yerl this morning michelle bachmann, who chairs the tea party caucus in the house, and other republican members and representatives of tea party groups across the country held a news conference on capitol hill to discuss the i.r.s. targeting. ere it is. >> thank you, everyone, for being here....
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steven miller of the irs. we find out mr. miller was scheduled to resign anyway and leave the irs as the early part of june. again, the american people have not been told the truth. what did the white house know and when did he know it? we will open up to questions. >> any legislation planned to address this? >> right now we will have hearings. various chairs have indicated that. but there is legislation. ever presented from ohio was to put in criminal penalties for those who abuse -- because of the very sensitive nature, it is wrong for the irs to misuse personal tax data. we have very strict requirements that we could not act without the area of jurisdiction. we have very thick manuals for standard operating procedures. we had to check every box. it did not matter if you are an attorney or in a field or in collections or if you were writing the notices of deficiency. it did not matter. your work product was checked by your supervisor and you could not ask beyond your jurisdiction. reporter: [inaudible] >> what was asked was
steven miller of the irs. we find out mr. miller was scheduled to resign anyway and leave the irs as the early part of june. again, the american people have not been told the truth. what did the white house know and when did he know it? we will open up to questions. >> any legislation planned to address this? >> right now we will have hearings. various chairs have indicated that. but there is legislation. ever presented from ohio was to put in criminal penalties for those who abuse...
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steven miller, the ousted head of the irs will testify on capitol hill today. what would you ask him? >> i would ask what he knew and when he knew it and try to figure out -- in fact he may have been the fall guy. i would want to know where did this policy start? who talked about it first? how did it grow inside the organization? and i'd like to know who he spoke with in the administration? who else outside of the irs knew about this? the first story from the white house was this is just a field office in cincinnati, a bunch of low-level employees. we found out later, that ub just wasn't true. >> during the press conference, the president supported eric holder the attorney general. is holder's job safe in your opinion? >> it certainly is. the president will stay with eric holder until the end. eric holder has been under attack from the time almost he got sworn in. there's been one republican dust up after another. they demanded his resignation time and time again. you saw him push back on capitol hill, to the chairman of the house oversight committee. that was
steven miller, the ousted head of the irs will testify on capitol hill today. what would you ask him? >> i would ask what he knew and when he knew it and try to figure out -- in fact he may have been the fall guy. i would want to know where did this policy start? who talked about it first? how did it grow inside the organization? and i'd like to know who he spoke with in the administration? who else outside of the irs knew about this? the first story from the white house was this is just...